Privacy & Cookie Policy

This privacy policy sets out how S3-Alliance uses and protects any information that you give S3-Alliance when you use this website.

S3-Alliance is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

S3-Alliance may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from April 2009.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

• name and job title
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
• if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at salesuk@s3-alliance.com

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Cookies

A ‘cookie’ is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. When you visit a site that uses cookies for the first time, a cookie is downloaded onto your computer/mobile device so that the next time you visit that site, your device will remember useful information such as items added in the shopping cart, visited pages or logging in options.

Cookies are widely used to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, and our site relies on cookies to optimise user experience and for features and services to function properly.

Most web browsers allow some control to restrict or block cookies through the browser settings, however if you disable cookies you may find this affects your ability to use certain parts of our website or services.

You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Newsletter:

Nature and purpose of processing:

Your data will be used exclusively to send you the newsletter you have subscribed to via email. We ask for your name so that we can address you personally in the newsletter and, if necessary, identify you should you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject.

Providing your email address is sufficient to receive the newsletter. When you sign up to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers may also be informed by email of circumstances relevant to the service or registration (e.g. changes to the newsletter content or technical issues).

We require a valid email address for registration to be effective. To verify that a registration has actually been made by the owner of an email address, we use the ‘double opt-in’ procedure. To this end, we log the newsletter subscription, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the reply requested therein. No further data is collected. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter and is not passed on to third parties.

Legal basis:

On the basis of your explicit consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR), we will send you our newsletter or similar information regularly by email to the email address you have provided.

You may withdraw your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with future effect. A link to this effect is included in every newsletter. You may also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or notify us of your withdrawal via the contact details provided at the end of this privacy notice.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may include data processors.

Retention period:

In this context, the data will only be processed for as long as the relevant consent is in place. It will be deleted thereafter.

Provision mandatory or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary and based solely on your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.

Contact form:

Nature and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of communicating with you individually. To this end, you must provide a valid email address and your name. This information is used to identify your enquiry and to respond to it. Providing any further data is optional.

Legal basis:

The processing of data entered into the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we aim to make it easy for you to get in touch with us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for any follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered into the contact form will be processed for the purpose of taking pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Recipients:

The recipients of the data may be data processors.

Retention period:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the enquiry has been processed.

If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to the statutory retention periods under the German Commercial Code (HGB) and will delete your data once these periods have expired.

Provision mandatory or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your enquiry if you provide us with your name, email address and the reason for your enquiry.

Use of Matomo

Nature and purpose of processing:

This website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open-source software tool for the statistical analysis of visitor traffic. The provider of the Matomo software is InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.

Matomo uses so-called cookies, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website.

The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of the website is stored on a server in Germany.

The IP address is anonymised immediately after processing and before it is stored. You have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by changing the settings in your browser software. Please note that, if you select this setting, not all functions of this website may be available.

You may choose whether a unique web analytics cookie may be stored in your browser to enable the website operator to collect and analyse various statistical data.

Further information on the privacy settings of the Matomo software can be found at the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.

Legal basis:

The processing of data is based on the user’s consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may include data processors.

Retention period:

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our record-keeping purposes.

In our case, this occurs after the following period: 6 months.

Provision mandatory or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary and based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly; however, we would like to point out that, in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Profiling:

With the help of the Matomo tracking tool, the behaviour of website visitors can be evaluated and their interests analysed. To this end, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

Use of script libraries (Google Web Fonts)

Nature and purpose of processing:

To ensure our content is displayed correctly and in a visually appealing manner across all browsers, we use “Google Web Fonts” from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”) on this website to display fonts.

The privacy policy of the library operator, Google, can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Legal basis:

The legal basis for the integration of Google Web Fonts and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

Recipients:

Calling up script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the library operator. In doing so, it is theoretically possible – although it is currently unclear whether, and if so, for what purposes – that the operator, in this case Google, collects data.

Retention period:

We do not collect any personal data through the use of Google Web Fonts.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Transfer to third countries:

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision mandatory or necessary:

The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, in some cases, the correct display of content may not be possible using standard fonts.

Withdrawal of consent:

The JavaScript programming language is regularly used to display the content. You can therefore object to the processing of data by disabling JavaScript in your browser or installing a JavaScript blocker. Please note that this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Embedded YouTube videos

Nature and purpose of processing:

We embed YouTube videos on some of our web pages. The operator of the relevant plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter “YouTube”). When you visit a page containing the YouTube plugin, a connection is established with YouTube’s servers. In doing so, YouTube is informed of which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can associate your browsing behaviour with you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

When a YouTube video is played, the provider uses cookies to collect information about user behaviour.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the provider’s privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework

Legal basis:

The legal basis for the integration of YouTube and the associated transfer of data to Google is your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR).

Recipients:

Accessing YouTube automatically triggers a connection to Google.

Storage period and withdrawal of consent:

Anyone who has disabled the storage of cookies for the Google Ads programme will not have to expect such cookies even when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you wish to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in your browser.

Further information on data protection at ‘YouTube’ can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Transfer to third countries:

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision of data: mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary and based solely on your consent. If you refuse to provide access, this may result in functional limitations on the website.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Processors used

The following organisations, companies or individuals have been commissioned by the operator of this website to process data:

mfab medienproduktion
70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen
www.mfab.de

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy to ensure it always complies with current legal requirements or to reflect changes to our services, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions for the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions regarding data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection within our organisation directly:

ds@s3-alliance.com